Fishing report: Jan. 17

AUSTIN — Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department for Jan. 16. Full statewide report available at txfishing.com.

Freshwater

AMISTAD: Water clear; 58-62 degrees; 39.29 feet low. Black bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and soft plastic worms. Striped bass are fair on slabs and grubs. White bass are fair on slabs and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and cheesebait. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines and droplines baited with live perch. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

BASTROP: Water lightly stained; 62-66 degrees. Black bass are good on Rat-L-Traps and chartreuse jigs. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and liver. Yellow catfish slow.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Black bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and soft plastic worms. Striped bass are fair on liver and shad. Redfish are fair on tilapia, crawfish, perch, and shad near Dead Tree Point. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and shad.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Black bass are fair on chartreuse crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and Rat-L-Traps near the dam. Striped bass are good on Rat-L-Traps and chicken livers along the shoreline. Redfish are slow. Channel catfish excellent on liver, shrimp, and nightcrawlers. Blue catfish good on stinkbait and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish slow.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 65-69 degrees; 17.37 feet low. Black bass are fair on heavy jigs and large crankbaits over grass. White bass are good on small spinnerbaits. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on punchbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 2.93 feet low. Black bass are fair on watermelon crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

FALCON: Water murky; 65-69 degrees; 34.70 feet low. Black bass are good on chartreuse spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

GRANGER: Water stained; 52-56 degrees; 0.15 feet low. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on shad upriver. Crappie are fair upriver under lights at night. Blue catfish are good on prepared baits and on juglines baited with cut bait and Zote soap. Yellow catfish are slow.

LBJ: Water clear; 60-64 degrees; 0.29 feet low. Black bass are fair on green pumpkin tubes and pumpkinseed JDC drop shot worms along docks and seawalls. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on Spoiler Shad and silver Pirk Minnows near the power plant. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are fair on minnows and worms. Yellow and blue catfish are slow.

TRAVIS: Water clear; 57-61 degrees; 49.14 feet low. Black bass are good on chrome spoons, black worms, and chartreuse crankbaits in 20-35 feet. Striped bass are fair on shad crankbaits in 30-50 feet. White bass are good on minnows and white grubs in 30-50 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and bloodbait. Yellow catfish are slow.

WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are good on white striper jigs. White bass are good on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and liver. Yellow catfish are slow.

NORTH SABINE: Trout and redfish are fair while drifting mud and shell. Waders have taken better trout on the Louisiana shoreline on slow–sinking plugs.

SOUTH SABINE: Redfish are fair on the edge of the channel on mullet. Sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp.

BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on slow–sinking plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair for drifters working pods of shad and mullet, and better in the channels. Redfish are good at the spillway on crabs and mullet.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good on the north shoreline on Corkies and MirrOlures. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair in the mud and shell on MirrOlures and Corkies in the afternoon. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.

TEXAS CITY: Redfish are fair to good in Moses Lake on natural baits. Sand trout and redfish are fair along channel drop–offs on shrimp.

FREEPORT: Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Redfish are fair to good at San Luis pass on cracked blue crabs. Redfish are fair to good at the mouths of drains on Gulps and shrimp.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on the shorelines in the afternoon on slow–sinkers. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal and at the mouths of drains on Gulps and jigs tipped with shrimp.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are fair to good on the south shoreline in the guts and bayous. Trout are fair on shell on soft plastics and finger mullet.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are fair on Corkies over soft mud in waist–deep water in San Antonio Bay. Redfish are fait at the mouths of drains on shrimp.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair on the edge of the ICW on glow DOA Shrimp. Redfish are fair to good in California Hole on mullet and shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair to good on the ledges of the channel on mullet. Sand trout are good on shrimp in the channel.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Redfish are good in the Humble Channel on crabs and table shrimp. Trout are best on the edge of the flats on live shrimp, Gulps and DOA Shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair to good in mud and grass on Corkies and Catch 2000s. Trout are fair to good in the guts along the King Ranch shoreline on Corkies. Redfish are fair around spoils on live bait.

PORT MANSFIELD: Redfish are fair to good on DOA Shrimp and Gulps under a popping cork around grass holes. Trout are fair to good on mud along the edge of the ICW on Corkies and MirrOlures.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on DOA Shrimp and Gulps. Redfish, black drum and mangrove snapper are fair to good in the channel on shrimp.

PORT ISABEL: Trout are fair on the edge of the flats on soft plastics under popping corks. Redfish are good in the holes and guts on Gulps and shrimp.